Sociology Essays

Introduction: The best way to start is by answering the question, “what does diversity mean?” Simply defined, diversity means difference or variety. Put two people in a room together and you have diversity, for as you know, no two people are exactly alike. Yet at the same time, even though …

Task: I am going to ask a selection of boys and girls in each year group how much pocket money they get. Asking in the year group bands will enable me to group the data easily as year groups correspond to ages. Asking for some ones year group when you …

The angel of the north is a sculpture which stands at the entrance to Gateshead, and articles have been written about the modern representation of an angel. Anthony Gormly won the competition to erect this statue suitable for the north east area of Gateshead. There are two entirely different structures …

The purpose of this essay is to compare two advertising leaflets for Christian Aid and the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals also known as the RSPCA. The RSPCA is an animal welfare organistaion whilst Christian Aid is a humanitarian organisation which focuses on the deprived people all …

My first piece of original writing is a newspaper article which is intended for a broadsheet paper like The Times or The Guardian. For my article I decided to write about rape. This is a subject that I personally feel strongly about. Rape is considered a taboo subject as no …

The horoscope from ’19’ is informal. Colloquial language is used to relate to the audience, for example ‘bagged yourself some gorgeous hunk’, which has connotations of catching. The language is figurative, with use of metaphors such as ‘worships you like the goddess you are’. The lexical field is astrology, conveying …

Brent, in north-west London is a place where a lot of robberies occur. ‘latest crime statistics reveal that burglaries in London have also slightly reduced (by 2.8%); robberies, unfortunately, have increased (by 6.2%)’. The population of Brent is 267,741and between April 2005- March 2006 the total number of offences committed …

The race is about to begin shortly and will cover the four mile distance by going around the Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, eye of London, by the London bridge to come back and end in Hyde Park. There is a sea of humanity as far as I can see and …

The paper contains one of the main news stories on the front page, a section on all news, a section on the arts, a separate paper fpr the sports, financial matters, and stocks. This paper is a more serious paper, for older readers. Title of main story: “Heads ready to …

The intended audience of my article is a middle aged one. Many will be able to relate to George Best as he was in the headlines when the reader was growing up. Therefore the background to Best’s life in the 60s and 70s, which is included, would make sense to …